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Plaid (groupe)
Plaid () may refer to: Fabric * Full plaid, a cloth blanket or mantle, made with a tartan or checked pattern, wrapped around the waist, cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front * Fly plaid, a smaller tartan-cloth mantle, worn pinned to the left shoulder * Belted plaid or "great kilt", an earlier form of the kilt, it was a large plaid (blanket) pleated by hand and belted around the waist * Maud (plaid) or Lowland plaid, a cloth mantle made in a small black-and-white chequered pattern * A synonym for tartan in North America * A plaid (tartan) shirt, typically of flannel and worn during the winter * A plaid (tartan) jacket, often made of Mackinaw cloth * Windowpane plaid, a way of crossing warp and weft to create a pattern Others * ''Plaid'' (album), a 1992 album by guitarist Blues Saraceno *Plaid (band), a British electronic music duo, taking their name from the Welsh word for party *Plaid Cymru, a political party in Wales * Plaid Inc., a financial technology company spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Plaid
A full plaid, or just a plaid, is a long piece of tartan or checked fabric, most often worn as part of a highland dress. It usually matches the tartan of the kilt. A full plaid is pleated the whole way, with half of its length sewn shut (so that the pleats cannot open). Its length is almost twice the height of the wearer (about twice the distance from the ground to the wearer's shoulder). A full plaid is typically only seen on members of pipe bands which elect to wear full dress (military styled) uniforms, and occasionally as formal highland dress. The full plaid is wrapped around the wearer's chest and under right arm, pulled firm to the body. The plaid is twisted on the left shoulder with one loose end falling behind the wearer's back and getting tucked into the waist belt. The leading edge of the other loose end is pulled forward and draped over the wearer's left shoulder. Properly worn, the edge of the plaid should be level with top of left spat point at the rear of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Plaid
The modern fly plaid originated with the traditional Féileadh Mòr (Great Plaid) worn in the Scottish Highlands. The Great Plaid was a large piece of cloth, which by the 16th century measured up to in length, half of which was pleated and belted about the waist, while the upper half was draped over the left shoulder, was then gathered in front and could be used as a cloak and hood during inclement weather. The fly plaid harkens back to that garment and was introduced in the 18th century when fashion dictated a switch to the modern kilt. The fly plaid replaced that portion of the Great Kilt that was draped over the shoulder. It is today typically worn in two lengths, from about a metre (39 inches) square to 1.4 metres (56 inches) square (54 inches being a standard fabric width). It is worn in the same tartan or colour as the kilt. It is typically worn with a jacket that has epaulets, but this is not mandatory, and brooch. Some fly plaids are sewn so that one corner is gathered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belted Plaid
The belted plaid (or a plaid worn belted) is a large blanket-like piece of fabric which is wrapped around the body with the material pleated or, more accurately, loosely gathered and secured at the waist by means of a belt. Typically, a portion of the belted plaid hangs down to about the knees (for men) or ankles (for women) with the rest of the material being wrapped up around the upper body in a variety of ways and pinned or otherwise secured to keep it in place. The belted plaid was a standard item of men's Highland dress from the late 16th century until the middle of the 18th century, It was also found in Ireland up until the early 16th century. It was also the precursor of the modern tailored kilt. Terminology The word ''plaide'' in Gaelic roughly means blanket, and that was the original term for the garment. The belted plaid has been and is often referred to by a variety of different terms, including ''féileadh-mór'', ''breacan an fhéilidh'', and very commonly, the "Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud (plaid)
A maud is a woollen blanket or plaid woven in a pattern of small black and white checks known as Border tartan, Falkirk tartan, Shepherd's check, Shepherd's plaid or Galashiels grey. It was in common use as an item of clothing in the southern counties of Scotland and the northern counties of England until the early twentieth century. Etymology The origin of the word ‘maud' is uncertain. Writing in 1894, Miss Russell said that it came from the Gaelic ' or ', a poetic synonym for ''plaid''. Her view seems to be backed by an old poem in Gaelic, The Tale of Connal, recorded in Ross-shire in 1859, which has the line, "And wrapped my ' around;" An alternate source is that the word derives from ‘maldy', meaning a coarse grey woollen cloth, which in turn comes from 'medley', meaning a parti-coloured cloth, by way of mispronunciation. However, the reverse is also said to be true, whereby ‘maldy' was an early nineteen century noun for yarn and cloth used to make mauds, as in ‘a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartan
Tartan ( gd, breacan ) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland, as Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. Tartan is made with alternating bands of coloured (pre-dyed) threads woven as both warp (weaving), warp and Warp and woof, weft at right angles to each other. The weft is woven in a simple twill, two over—two under the warp, advancing one thread at each pass. This pattern forms visible diagonal lines where different colours cross, which give the appearance of new colours blended from the original ones. The resulting blocks of colour repeat vertically and horizontally in a distinctive pattern of squares and lines known as a ''sett''. Tartan is often called "plaid" (particularly in North America), because in Scotland, a ''Full plaid, plaid'' is a large piece of tartan cloth, wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flannel
Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Flannel is commonly used to make tartan clothing, blankets, bed sheets, and sleepwear. Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or remain unbrushed. Brushing is a mechanical process wherein a fine metal brush rubs the fabric to raise fine fibres from the loosely spun yarns to form a nap on one or both sides. If the flannel is not napped, it gains its softness through the loosely spun yarn in its woven form. The term "flannel shirt" is often mistakenly used to refer to any shirt with a plaid or tartan pattern. However, 'flannel' refers simply to the fabric, and not all flannel shirts are plaid. History The origin of the word is uncertain, but a Welsh origin has been suggested as fabric similar to flannel can be traced back to Wales, where it was well known as early as the 16th century. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackinaw Cloth
Mackinaw cloth is a heavy and dense water-repellent woolen cloth, similar to Melton cloth but using a tartan pattern, often " buffalo plaid". It was used to make a short coat of the same name, sometimes with a doubled shoulder. These jackets have their origins on the Canadian frontier and were later made famous by Canadian and American loggers in the upper Midwest as workwear during the mid-19th century logging boom. Mackinaw blankets are referenced by Josiah A. Gregg in his 1844 book ''Commerce of the Prairies'' about trade on the Santa Fe Trail. He notes that these were contraband, subject to confiscation by customs officers, but that they could be concealed between the double layers of Osnaburg sheet fabrics which formed the roof of covered cargo wagons. Origin of the Mackinaw jacket The Mackinac or Mackinaw region in present-day Michigan was an important trade artery during the 18th and 19th centuries; it was named after the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Check (pattern)
Check (also checker, Brit: chequer) is a pattern of modified stripes consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical lines which form squares. The pattern typically contains two colours where a single checker (that is a single square within the check pattern) is surrounded on all four sides by a checker of a different colour. The pattern is commonly placed onto garments and is, in certain social contexts, applied to clothing which is worn to signify cultural or political affiliations. Such is the case with check in ska and on the keffiyeh. The pattern's all-pervasiveness and simple layout has lent to its practical usage in scientific experimentation and observation, optometry, technology (hardware and software), and as a symbol for responders to associate meaning with. Etymology The word is derived from the ancient Persian word ' which means "king" in the Sasanian game of Shatranj; an old form of chess which is played on a squared board of alternating coloured checkers. It is more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaid (album)
''Plaid'' is the second studio album by guitarist Blues Saraceno, released on February 28, 1992 through Guitar Recordings. Track listing Personnel *Blues Saraceno – guitar, bass, engineering, mixing, production *John Stix – slide guitar, mixing, production *Steve Blucher – lap steel guitar *Joe Franco – drums *Alex Saraceno – harmonica *Vic Steffens – engineering, mixing *Chris Brown – sequencing, digital editing Digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operate in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, and preserved on a digital ... *George Marino – mastering References {{Authority control Blues Saraceno albums 1992 albums Albums recorded in a home studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaid (band)
Plaid are an English electronic music duo composed of Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They were founding members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andy Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle, Nicolette and Björk, and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black Dog Productions, and Warp (along with Trent Reznor's label Nothing Records). Aside from their own material, Plaid have done extensive remix work for many other artists, including Red Snapper, Björk, Goldfrapp, and The Irresistible Force. ''Parts in the Post'' (2003) and ''Stem Sell'' (2021) contains a lot of Plaid's remix work to date. Plaid collaborated with video artist Bob Jaroc for their live performances and on the 5.1 audio/visual project entitled ''Greedy Baby''. The project was completed on 20 July 2005, and was first shown at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the South Bank Centre, and subsequently at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in the UK Parliament in 1966. The party holds four of 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 13 of 60 seats in the Senedd, and 203 of 1,231 principal local authority councillors. It is a member of the European Free Alliance. Platform Plaid Cymru's goals as set out in its constitution are: # To promote the constitutional advancement of Wales with a view to attaining independence; # To ensure economic prosperity, social justice and the health of the natural environment, based on decentralist socialism; # To build a national community based on equal citizenship, respect for different traditions and cultures and the equal worth of all individuals, whatever their race, nationality, gender, colour, creed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaid Inc
Plaid () may refer to: Fabric * Full plaid, a cloth made with a tartan pattern, wrapped around the waist, cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front * A synonym for tartan in North America * A plaid shirt, typically of flannel and worn during the winter * A plaid jacket, often made of Mackinaw cloth * Belted plaid or "great kilt", an earlier form of the kilt * Windowpane plaid, a variation of a check pattern Others * ''Plaid'' (album), a 1992 album by guitarist Blues Saraceno *Plaid (band), a British electronic music duo, taking their name from the Welsh word for party *Plaid (company), a financial technology company specializing in bank login verification *Plaid Cymru, a political party in Wales *Plaid Loch, freshwater lake in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK *Plaid speed, a faster than light speed from the movie ''Spaceballs'' *Plaid, branding for the three motor version of the Tesla Model S See also * Plad, an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri * Played (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
